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Survey sent to detect technology difficulties By Luis Martinez Administration Editor|@DEN_News The Center for Academic Technology Support is conducting a survey to better understand what works and what needs to be updated in terms of current campus technological services. Recently, a survey was sent out to all Eastern students for their inputs on the current status of campus technology. Clinton Brown, a graduate assistant, is the project administrator and helps run the survey. “The nature of the survey isn’t just to address Wi-Fi,” Brown said. “It’s about how all students use technology, how many devices are connected.” The survey is not just run by Eastern, but it is partnered with a separate sponsor called Educause, a non-profit organization. “They are the one who do this,” Brown said. “It’s been done for 14 years, this is the second year (Eastern) has done it.” Brown said over 115,000 undergraduate students participated in this survey nationwide. SURVEY, page 5
Potential students to visit for Admitted Student Day By Katie Smith Editor-in-Chief |@DEN_News Eastern’s admissions office has received more freshmen enrollment deposits so far compared to previous year’s numbers, according to a university press release. The $150 deposit is paid by first-time freshmen, and although the deadline for its payment is not until May 1, cashiers will be available throughout the day Monday in accordance with the university’s Admitted Student Day. Potential Eastern students will have their first glimpse at life as a Panther as the university introduces them to the campus through a series of tours and meetings with student and administrative representatives. Chris Dearth, the director of the Office of Admissions, said in the press release that the increased numbers allude to promising upcoming enrollment. “An increase in freshmen deposits increases the likelihood of students attending the university,” Dearth said. “It’s a much better indicator than student applications alone.” The admissions office has been working to plan a schedule that will show students what sets Eastern apart from other universities, and where each potential student fits within that community.
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Members of the Mixed Chorus and Concert Choir sing “Come to Me O’ My Love” during the “Songs Of Love” concert at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Sunday.
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Choirs deliver Valentine’s weekend finale By Margorie Clemente Opinions Editor | @DEN_News Following a sonorous introduction that filled the dimly lit Dvorak Hall, conductor Timothy Renner explained that the following songs would serve as a separation between love, loss of love and even death. The University Mixed Chor us and Concert Choir played a Valentine’s Day themed concert titled “Songs of Love” Sunday evening. Though the Dvorak was not a full house, the audience’s appreciation and receptiveness was evident once the elegantly dressed singers shuffled across the stage and arranged themselves. Renner went on to mention that the crowd would be pleased to hear Irish, Fre n c h , It a l i a n a n d G e r m a n s o u n d s
within each piece. He said all songs would convey “light, joyous and playful” emotions. In the program pamphlet, audience members were allowed a translation to at least three of the pieces that were in French, Italian and German. Ali Fisher, a soprano Concert Choir member, said choir members spent two weeks learning the precise pronunciation and timing of German lyrics before they even began singing the piece. Fisher said she was not usually the type to grow nervous, but rather excited. She said some of the other choir members were racked with nerves before stepping out from backstage. So m e o f t h e i r m o re d e l i c a t e p i e c es like “V. Dirait-on” and “A Red, Red Rose” left the audience mesmerized and watching with careful eyes as the con-
ductors gracefully prompted the singers to a conclusion with their sweeping arm movements. In “A Red, Red Rose,” one could hear the gradual rise of voices in the middle of the piece and the sharp trill of the sopranos ringing. Accompanists on the piano would cease their background harmony; then came the sudden descend as the echo died, leaving nothing but a hushed, lingering final note. So o n , a d e l a ye d b u t e n t h u s e d a pplause erupted from the audience. Quicker paced songs like the andante “El Grillo” left audience members shifting in their seats, eagerly lending their ears to the sounds that resonated throughout Dvorak.
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Local band hopes to explore new venues By Cassie Buchman City Editor|@DEN_News Local band Carlos Danger’s Inbox is a band as unique as its’ name. The name came because the band members wanted a name that was subversive, but only if people knew the story behind it. The idea came from a member in the band, Bryan Murley, who wanted to have a band name that had to do with current events. The name is based off the alias Anthony Weiner used during his sexting scandal. “I thought it would be funny because anything that would pop out of Carlos Danger’s inbox would be wrong,” St. Michael said. They do covers of bands such as the Talking Heads, Lonely Island, Jackson 5, the Guerillas,
and the band writes their own original songs as well. Keyboardist Colin St. Michael said they are not picky when selecting the music they play. “It is a lot more fun to randomly pick things and play them in our style,” he said. “There is nothing off the table.” Murley became a member of the band after St. Michael saw him perform at a Jackson Avenue Coffee open mic night event. After Murley, St. Michael found guitarist Shea Keating, bassist James Pritts and drummer Brian Wood. Murley writes many of the songs; however, all of the band members have experience singing and songwriting. “A lot of the songs have to do with growing up in a small town, finding a way to get out,” St.
Michael said. They also have written love songs, including some about the weather, specifically about the Polar Vortex. “The songs are all over the place,” St. Michael said. Although Carlos Danger’s Inbox has been compared to the band “The Wallflowers” because they both share the same ‘90s folk rock vibe, the band members have been exploring more styles. “We’ve been branching out, with toothier guitar riffs, funkier bass lines,” St. Michael said. They have even been working on some hiphop beats. “We want to introduce a harder edge,” he said. “Make it less folk, more rock.”
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By Sean Hastings Staff reporter | @Den Sports The Eastern softball team went 1-4 over the weekend at the Auburn Tiger Invitational in Auburn, Ala. The lone win came in the first game against Winthrop University, 4-3. Fr e s h m a n M i c h e l l e R o g e r s pitched seven innings and allowed three r uns, two of which were earned. She struck out seven batters and allowed only one walk. It was a scoreless game until sophomore Ashlynne Paul came in to pinch-hit and hit an RBI single driving in junior April Markowski. The Panthers would tack on three more with RBI’s coming from freshman Andrea Roberts, who drove in two, and senior Bailey O’Dell. Wi n t h ro p s c o re d t h re e r u n s in the seventh inning and had a chance to take the lead, but Rogers got out of it to get the win for the Panthers. Second year coach, Angie Nicholson was pleased with how Rogers pitched this weekend. “There were times where Michelle Rogers pitched well and that was good to see,” Nicholson said. She also liked how the outfield was doing a good job reading balls and making plays this weekend. T h e Pa n t h e r s w o u l d l o s e t o Mercer University 6-4 in the second game on Friday. Despite the loss, senior Hannah Cole homered twice giving her three runs batted in on the day. Junior Jennette Isaac would add the final run in the seventh. Freshman Jessica Wireman took the loss on the mound.
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Freshman pitcher Michelle Rogers throws out a pitch during a game against Iliinois Central College Sept. 27 at Williams Field. The Panthers swept the doubleheader 6-1 and 3-2 against the Cougars.
Wireman went six innings giving up six runs on nine hits. The Panthers lost, 7-6, in the t h i rd g a m e o f t h e we e k e n d t o Georgia State on a walk-off single. Eastern had a 6-0 lead going into the bottom of the fifth where Georgia State got six runs of their own. Rogers got the start and gave up five, on four hits. Wireman came in for relief and would take the loss. O’Dell and Cole combined to
drive in four of the Panthers’ runs in the game. Sophomores Hannah Rachor and Amber Toenyes also got an RBI each. But Nicholson thinks the hitting could be better. “I would like to see our hitting be more explosive and consistent,” she said. The Panthers took on No. 17 Auburn University in the next game, who came in at an undefeated 10-0.
Nicholson knew coming in they were going to face really good pitching, and they did. Eastern was defeated, 9-1, in five innings. Au b u r n r u n - r u l e d i t s o p p o nents in eight out of the nine first games, which included a 20-8 victory over Georgia State. Mercer was the only team who hung around but still lost, 7-3. The Panthers managed to bring one run across the plate in the fifth inning on an Isaac double.
Ju n i o r K a t i e Wa t s o n s c o re d from second on the play after getting a double of her own. Junior Haylee Beck did not let the tough pitching faze her as she went 2-2 on the day. The Panthers lost 4-3 to Ball State in the final game of the weekend. Eastern led 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth, but Ball State tacked on three runs in the inning to take a 4-3 lead. INVITE, page 7
Panthers taken by University of Georgia By Bob Reynolds Sports Editor | @BobReynoldsDEN The University of Georgia swept the Eastern baseball team over the weekend in a three-game series. The Panthers lost by scores of 18-3, 10-2 and 11-1. In Sunday’s game, senior pitcher Garrison Stenger threw four innings and allowed six runs on eight hits. Before the outburst of runs by the Bulldogs in the fifth inning, Stenger had allowed two runs, and set down seven in a row. Already up 2-0, Georgia sent 11 batters to the plate, and seven of them reached safely in the bottom of the 5th, which forced Eastern coach Jim Schmitz to take Stenger out of the game. Bulldog sophomore Skyler Weber doubled to left field, which drove in junior Nick King. Sophomore Mike Bell drove in Weber and sophomore Stephen Wrenn on a triple to center field. The Bulldogs would tack on three more runs after junior Daniel Nichols drove in a run and stole home, and sophomore Trevor Kieboom singled to right. In the bottom of the 8th, the Bulldogs would tack on three more runs to push the lead to 11-0. The Panthers’ lone run would come in the top of the 9th, when senior Brant Valach drove in red-
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Junior pitcher Jake Johansmeier throws out a pitch during the Panthers’ 3-14 loss against IPFW on March 22 at Coaches Stadium. Johansmeier allowed eight hits and six runs during the game.
shirt junior Demetre Taylor on a single to left field. Bulldog red-shirt junior pitcher David Sosebee pitched six innings, allowing three hits and no runs. He also struck out five Panther batters and walked zero. Eastern got off to a hot start in the second game. Va l a c h s i n g l e d h o m e j u n i o r Mitch Gasbarro for the first run of the game. Junior Isaac Sampen drove in Taylor for the second run of the inning, but that is all the runs the Panthers would get in the game.
The Bulldogs would score 10 unanswered runs, with half of them coming in the first inning. After senior Jared Walsh singled home two runs, junior Zack Bowers tripled to center field, scoring Walsh for the third run of the inning. Freshman Keegan McGovern grounded out to shortstop, scoring Bowers. Also, freshman Mitchell Webb reached on an error by Gasbarro, which scored red-shirt senior Brandon Stephens. Webb also homered to left field in the bottom of the third to give
the Bulldogs an 8-0 lead. He went 2-for-4 in the game with two runs batted in. The Bulldog pitching would not allow the Panthers to get a hit for the rest of the game after the first inning. Junior Ryan Lawlor pitched six innings and allowed four hits. Junior Sean McLaughlin came on in relief and threw two in nings allowing no hits and no runs. Sophomore Connor Jones came on in the ninth and allowed no hits. Senior second baseman Dane Sauer said the Bulldogs pitched
well by attacking the zones and hitting spots. “At the same time, we didn’t s e e m t o h a v e g re a t a p p r o a c h es offensively,” he said. “Yes they pitched well, but I thought we didn’t play to the best of our abilities offensively. It was tough for us to get the offense going at times.” The Panthers dropped the first game of the series and junior pitcher Jake Johansmeier pitched four innings and allowed 10 runs with eight of them being earned. Freshman Ben Hughes came on in relief and allowed five runs through three innings of work. De s p i t e t h e o u t c o m e o f t h e games, Sauer pointed out a few positives that came out of the weekend. “We had some new pitchers step up and do some things,” he said. “Albeit, some only an inning or two, it still helps. Especially for the younger guys, that builds confidence going into future weekends. Experience is a big thing. We’ll be able to take that into next weekend and build off this.” Sauer added they have work to do, but it is nothing out of the normal for it being this early in the season. Bob Reynolds can be reached at 581-2812 or rjreynolds@eiu.edu.
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Southern Illinois sinks Panthers, 80-63 By Blake Nash Staff Reporter | @Banash5 The Eastern men’s basketball team fell to hot-shooting Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Saturday night, 80-63, in Edwardsville, Ill. The Cougars were 19-for-30 from the field, for a shooting average of 63.33 percent in the first half and led 45-27. Edwardsville finished hitting 56 percent from the floor, going 32-for-57 for the game. Eastern, on the other hand, struggled shooting the ball in the first half, missing on three of their first four possessions, leading to a 33.3 percent average at halftime. However, the Panthers’ shooting improved in the second half as they shot 62 percent from the floor and began the second half on a 9-0 run. Rozell Nunn ended the early Panther run with eight-straight points, pushing the Cougars’ lead to 50-36. The Panthers would cut the l e a d d ow n t o t e n p o i n t s a f t e r back-to-back layups by LeTrell V i s e r a n d C h r i s O l i v i e r, w h o made his return following two weeks of illness. That would be the last time the Panthers got within 10 points on Saturday night. Senior Dylan Chatman was the Panthers’ leading scorer finishing with 15 points. A l l o f h i s p o i n t s c a m e f ro m three pointers. He also had two assists as well as four rebounds. Fellow senior Reggie Smith followed with 11 points, as did forward Trae Anderson. Olivier had nine points, which included going 4-of-6 from the field. He also recorded two blocks in his return. Four out of the starting five Cougar players reached doublefigure points. Michael Messer led the way for the Cougars hitting 8-of-12 shots
from the floor to finish with 23 points. He was also 3-of-4 from threepoint range. Nunn followed with 18 points, four rebounds and two steals. Forwards Kris Davis and Keaton Jackson followed with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Davis and Jackson also came down with seven rebounds, apiece. Messer and Nunn were able to reach double-figure scoring in the first half with 15 and 10, respectively. The Cougars made their presence felt in the paint recording 40 points and outerbounding the Panthers, 35-22, on the boards. The Cougars started the game on a 14-2 run and following layups by Viser and Olivier, went on a 14-3 run. Edwardsville led from start to finish and posted a game-high 22-point lead with 4:31 left in the half after a dunk by Jackson made it, 75-53. Both teams made eight three pointers, with Chatman hitting five for Eastern. He was the only Panther to hit more than one, while Nunn and Me s s e r e a c h h i t t h re e o f t h e i r own. The loss dropped the Panthers to 8-4 in OVC play and 15-11 overall. A victory by Tennessee-Martin over Austin Peay also on Saturday dropped the Panthers to third place in the OVC West Division standings. Eastern will face three members of the West Division in the next two weeks. They’ll begin that stretch a g a i n s t Te n n e s s e e - Ma r t i n a t 7 p.m. Thursday at Lantz Arena in Charleston. The game will be broadcasted on the American Sports Network. Blake Nash can be reached at 581-2812 or banash@eiu.edu.
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Dylan Chatman, a senior guard, looks to get around a defender in the men’s basketball game against Baker University Tuesday Feb. 3 in Lantz Arena. Chatman only managed 3 points in the game.
Track personal bests set at Men’s tennis team Grand Valley State Big Meet falls to 0-7 after loss By Mark Shanahan Sports Editor | @Den_Sports Multiple personal bests and Eastern Top Ten marks were set at the Grand Valley State Big Meet Friday. For the women, junior Kristen Paris won her heat in the mile with a new personal best time of 4 minutes, 57.06 seconds. This time moved her up to fifth best on the Eastern Top Ten list. Sophomore Julie James competed in the same race and finished with a time of 5:01.70 putting her at ninth on the list. Junior Dhiaa Dean won the women’s 400-meter run with a personal best time of 55.28 seconds. She now owns the second best time in school history. Junior Amina Jackson had a new personal best time of 1:34.88 seconds in the 600 putting her at third in school history. Graduate Jordan Wallace broke the
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school record in the 3000 with a time of 9:43.13, which is more than eight seconds faster than her previous time. She now ranks second best in the league this season. Sophomore Emily Brelsfoard competed in the same race finishing with a time of 10:08.60. Freshman Maria Baldwin set a personal best in the 5000 with her time of 17:33.87 putting her at fourth on Eastern’s list. Junior Angelica Anyaogu placed second in the 60-meter dash for the women with a time of 7.62 seconds. For the men, red-shirt junior Norvel Mohammed set a new personal indoor time in the 200-meter run with a time of 21.23 seconds, which moves him up to fifth in the Eastern record book. He leads the Ohio Valley Conference and is tied for 34th in the nation. Mohammed placed second in the 400 with a time of 47.23 seconds.
Teammate Calvin Edwards finished fifth in the same race with a time of 47.89 seconds. Senior Ephraim Dorsey, who was the Ohio Valley Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week last week, placed second in the 800 with a personal best time of 1:49.00. He is now tied for 22nd in the nation and third all time in school history. Sophomore Riley McInerney was runner up in the mile run with a new personal best time of 4:05.93 seconds. His time put him at fifth in school history and beat the old time of his father, John McInerney. Both teams are back in action at home this Friday for their annual Friday Night Special at the Lantz Fieldhouse. Mark Shanahan can be reached at 581-2812 or mmshanahan@eiu.edu.
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Cole added two more RBI’s to her total for the weekend. Ro g e r s g o t t h e s t a r t o n t h e mound and gave up four, but only one was earned. O’Dell said the team’s defense
could have been better this weekend. The Panthers are coming out of this weekend with a 3-7 record and will head to Kentucky for the Western Kentucky
Hilltopper Spring Fling on Friday. Sean Hastings can be reached at 581-2812 or smhastings@eiu.edu.
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The Eastern men’s tennis team lost their seventh-straight game Sunday afternoon at Illinois State losing 6-1 at Evergreen Racquet Club in BloomingtonNormal, Ill. The Panthers now sit at 0-7 on the season with four games left in their nonconference schedule. Before the match, coach Eric Stark stressed about starting the match great in the doubles area. “Illinois State is a good solid team, we just have to come out with a combined team effort with a good start in doubles and the rest will take care of itself,” Stark said. Eastern took the No. 2 doubles match but fell in the No. 1 and No. 3 matches to drop the doubles point. Juniors Ryan Henderson and Rui Silva got their first doubles win of the season over Muddappa Appanervanda and Rodrigo Oliveira, 7-6, in the No. 2 match. Jakub Eisner and Rolando Torrellas defeated junior Robert Skolik and freshman Preston Touliatos, 7-5, and Dylan Steffens and Christoffer Greve took down freshmen Grant Reiman and Trent Reiman, 6-3, in the third doubles match. Preston Touliatos continued to show
improvement this season with the lone victory in singles. Touliatos defeated Jacob Wilson 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a tiebreaker in the No. 3 match. Skolik also went to a tiebreaker but fell to Eisner 7-5, 7-6, 10-3 in the No. 1 singles match. Illinois State moved to 4-3 on the season, which includes a three-game winning streak with Louisville next up on their schedule. Despite the seven-game losing streak, Stark continues to stay positive and is still focused on the task at hand. “We aren’t going to fear playing anyone the rest of the year. The record may not show it, but we have been playing some really good tennis at levels higher than last year’s team,” he said. In the No. 5 singles match, Rolando Torrellas defeated senior David Constantinescu, 6-2, 6-2. Illinois State junior Rodrigo Oliveira and freshman Andreas Boers followed with straight-set wins of their own, with Oliveira defeating Silva, 7-6, 6-1, and Boers defeating Grant Reiman, 6-4, 6-2. The Panthers will be in action next weekend at Southern Illinois at Sports Blast in Carbondale, Ill. Cody Delmendo can be reached at 581-2812 or cddelmendo@eiu.edu.
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE1 “The days are a celebration of students’ accomplishments and what lies ahead of them,” said Dearth said. “The students have already been admitted to a selective academic university. Now, it’s their decision to see if EIU is the right fit.” Students from Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana and Wisconsin are expected to participate in the day’s events, which include informational sessions from Housing and Dining, financial aid, academic success, the Honors College, student panels and more. Throughout the day, potential students will be eligible to win tickets for upcoming football games and the Family Weekend concert, as well as Easternbranded clothing and accessories from the university bookstore. Dearth said the day has been purposefully scheduled to coincide with Presidents Day, to guarantee potential students a free day to visit campus. “Our #FuturePanther Admitted Student Days are for our admitted students to take another look at campus with their families,” he said. Eastern observed the holiday Friday so visiting students could see campus on a typical scheduled day. The next Admitted Student Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 7. AMANDA WILKINSON | THE DAILY EASTERN NE WS
Jarod Pugh (left), a senior kinesiology and sports studies major, and (right) Zachary Steidl, a sophomore kinesiology and sports studies major, look for enemy soldier positions during a reconnaissance lab for Eastern’s Army ROTC Thursday at the intramural fields.
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Greg Technology Center as well,” Anzures said. “ The only thing that is a little bit bad is the WiFi.” Anzures said unless you have an Ethernet cord, the Wi-Fi is hard to rely on. He also said in places like Booth library or academic buildings, the Wi-Fi connection is better since these are areas Wi-Fi is mostly used. Brown said the sur vey is not about the number of people who take it; it is about making sure that the results represent the undergraduate student body. “Conducting it from this year to last year, you want to see that we’re improving,” Brown said. “Whether its people’s experience with D2L, with our email systems, with our technical support,
we really want to see that people’s experiences are getting better.” Last year, students were having some issues with having to go from Desire2Learn to go to the Library’s website. Students would have to log out of D2L in order to access the library database. “We resolved that issue, we put a link within D2L to the library,” Brown said. “The new email platform, we wanted to make sure that integrated into D2l, we wanted to make all these things integrate because that was one of the concerns that students had.” Brown said the survey results are taken and then look at the issues shown, and then decisions are made how to address these issues based on funding. These results are not just based
on student results, but faculty members as well. Anzures said the Wi-Fi connectivity needs to be improved in the dorms on campus. “I know that Eastern has campus-wide Internet, but there are certain areas when you walk outside, the Internet just goes.” Anzures said. “ I definitely think for the Wi-Fi, if they can out in new routers in the dorms that would greatly help with everything that’s going on in the dorms and the complaints that people have about Eastern’s Wi-Fi.” The survey is currently on-going and will be available until the week before spring break. Luis Martinez can be reached at 581-2812 or lpmartinez@eiu.edu.
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The choir members also rendered whimsical variations of childhood nursery rhymes. Conductor Richard Robert Rossi joked lightly with the audience and suggested that parents wake their little ones for the following segment, seeing as it was dedicated to them. The comical renditions of “Humpty Dumpty” and “Little Jack Horner” had the audience joined in a chorus of laughter. He said David Dickau, composer of “Music in the Night,” was one of his favorites. Rossi also read aloud from several texts that described the true meaning of music and its intended effect for a collective audience. The finale allowed all singers to gather and perform the old Celtic folk song “Derry Air,” also known as “Danny Boy” or “Londonderry Air.”
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“We can compare how our undergraduates experience technology at Eastern compared to other institutions,” Brown said. “Since we’re a m a s t e r s - g r a n t i n g p u b lic institution, that’s one of our groups that we’re going to compare ourselves with and we’re also going to compare ourselves nationwide.” T h e s u r ve y a s k s s t u d e n t s t o talk about their experiences with technology on campus, and where are some of the better and worst locations are. Brian Anzures, a freshman psychology and pre-medicine major, said he finds most of the current campus technology to be quite helpful. “The computer labs are really good, like the computer lab at the library is really good, the
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Kaycie Brauer Whenever I see people on their phones walking around campus, shutting themselves off from the outside world, I always shake my head and mentally chide them for being so enslaved to technology. However, I know that I am a hypocrite because every time I find myself walking on campus I always have an iPod blasting music in my ears. I decided to try going a few weeks without using an iPod when I am on campus, and though I did catch myself using it a couple of times, I managed to go a considerable length of time without the device that I realized was keeping me from fully immersing myself in the campus environment. The first couple of times I tried going sans music I felt weird. I chose to recognize this weirdness and consider how alarming it is. It should be disturbing how uncomfortable I felt going a mere few minutes without irrelevant noise standing between the world and I. To combat this feeling I found I have a tendency to keep my head down to distance myself from the awkwardness. It defeats the purpose of my experiment to do so, however, as there is very little to appreciate in dirty concrete sidewalks. Instead, I made myself look forward and embrace my own existence in my surroundings. An interesting side effect of this sort of determination is how much more eye contact I made with strangers. It felt counterintuitive to make people feel less confused, but instead of averting my eyes, I just gave a simple friendly smile. It has been my experience that everyone smiles back when they are genuinely smiled at. Finally, once I moved past the awkward phase I began to find the magic of this experiment. I started noticing things on campus I never had before, I found some of my best ideas came to me while walking, and I started restoring my faith in people as I took note of little acts of kindness students on our campus do every day that go unappreciated. Little things like actually hearing people laughing with their friends or watching strangers hold the door open for each other made my day. I found out more about what was going on around campus and heard about events, activities and opportunities that I didn’t know our campus has to offer. Not listening to music for a fraction of my time spent on campus has had a huge impact on me. It’s a little, seemingly insignificant change that is well worth the effort. I encourage every student to try it at least once before they graduate. Kaycie Brauer is a junior political science and journalism major. She can be reached at 581-2812 or denopinions@gmail.com.
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University’s re-accreditation shows hopeful future After a long wait on what the decision of the North Central Association would be, Eastern finally received the report and the re-affirmation of getting re-accredited for another ten years. The report looked at different criteria, making sure that Eastern met them all. Although there were some concerns, there were also a lot of positives highlighted throughout the report in Eastern’s stance when it comes to its mission statement, faculty and student relationships and the different programs it presents. With a continuing enrollment problem, The Daily Eastern News believes that it will be beneficial for the university to emphasize those positive points to prospective students and to market Eastern in general. These specific points are all things that show how much students are able to get when receiving an education here. One thing the report highlights is how the faculty and staff of Eastern all provide support, resources inside and outside of the classroom and dedication to the university by following the in-
stitutional policies. Students are able to go to their faculty, not only before and after class, but also during their office hours. This is extremely advantageous to the students who want extra help or just to consult with them. It provides a more open relationship between both sides. Prospective students and parents will find that this is a resource that should be taken advantage of. It allows another way for students to succeed and become more knowledgeable in their discipline. Another thing the NCA report points out is that students know the requirements they have to fulfill at the university and the overall institutional processes. One of the main reasons for this is because of the Debut orientations that students go through in the summer and the Prowl transition weekend. These two programs make sure that students get to really know the campus so when the first
day of classes finally approaches, they know where to go and what to do. The programs also encourage students to make friends—some of which they will probably stay connected with for the rest of their lives. This shows that the students, faculty, staff and the university as a whole want each and every student to grow comfortable while living on or around campus, regardless of race, gender or beliefs. Eastern shares a goal and that goal is to help all students succeed right from the beginning. All of the students currently attending Eastern are privileged in one way or another and should value the programs we provide here. Students should feel proud to obtain these resources. If the university took all the things the NCA praised us for, then we may have a better chance at gaining more interest. The daily editorial is the majority opinion of the editorial board of The Daily Eastern News.
People should learn to pick their battles wisely I wish people picked their battles based on severity of the issue rather than their personal levels of irritation. All too often, I hear people protest and attack certain aspects of our collective culture even when they have little to no merit for their objections. Recently, a friend of mine brought up her objections to the baseball metaphor for sex, and how it is competitive, sexist and even homophobic. This was brought up in relation to a TED talk filmed a few years ago mentioning the metaphor and its problems as well as offering a more ridiculous metaphor in its place. My friend was very passionate about her protest toward this metaphor, taking it extremely literally. She argued in baseball, someone is always on the offense and defense with a winner and a loser, which makes the sport too competitive to compare to something like sex, which should be a cooperative effort between the two, or maybe even more, partners. This is one of those examples where Managing Editor Jarad Jarmon
Jarad Jarmon problems are created into something bigger than needed, when there are larger problems at hand. In a society with so many social issues– how women are seen in the media, for example– battles should not be picked against small things like the baseball metaphor used to describe sex, and if they are they should be used in tangent with other, larger efforts, to bring about real change. Using this baseball metaphor as an example, I feel arguing over trivial-sounding things slows down the solutions to problems that need to be solved now. Should we refer to sex as pizza or as baseball? Whether I’m telling my friends I had “pepperoni” last night or got to second base,
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it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. This metaphor is being used to avoid a more “crude” way of describing what one person might have done with a partner. Why are people picking fights with things like this metaphor that in the end have no effect on a person’s views such as sex, when we should be giving them a clear, direct message that views on sex still need changing. If this metaphor was to be used less or not at all, I would assume a person’s view of sex would not change. These types of objections slow or at least confuse the progression legitimate arguments and issues, like inappropriate views of what sex is. Identify the real source of the problem instead of fabricating them and loosely relating them to the grand point. Jarad Jarmon is senior journalism major. He can be reached at DENopinions@gmail.com.
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Sisterhood acts on foundations of faith, friendship Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge Camille Williams and Tashi Nelson discovered the path to religious devotion when the parties they attended began to feel too long and the behavior, corrupt. Williams, a senior family and consumer sciences major, and Nelson, a sophomore biology major, made a decision to begin their spiritual metamorphoses and turn themselves over to an organization whose hand sign is the national symbol for love. Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority, the only Christian sorority in Charleston, is an organization dedicated to those who wish to strengthen their faith, as well as form a strong bond of sisterhood. Despite the self-proclaimed title of a sorority, the organization is not actually an official greek sorority; however, those who join Elogeme may not join any other social or greek sorority. Williams said everything the women do in the organization is Christian-centered and focused on community service, spirit and education. The women often wear butterflies on their shirts to represent what they call their metamorphosis, or a spiritual evolution into a more devoted Christian woman. Williams said her transformation began with quitting old habits. “I stopped going to party after party and started becoming more active in my church,” she said. Elogeme is open strictly to Christian women, but any denomination of Christi-
anity may join, Williams said. They are also the first Christian sorority on Eastern’s campus along with their brother organization Megisté Areté fraternity, which is currently inactive due to low enrollment. The women of Elogeme have various symbols that are biblical and some that are more loving representing a connection. A Shepard’s rod is another one of their symbols standing for leading the lost souls back to Christ as well as many other symbols related to the Bible. Tashi Nelson, a sophomore biology major and member, said the Elogeme’s work is similar to a ministry. “You want people to see how God is using you,” Nelson said. Williams said the sorority has two parts to the name. Elogeme stands for “Blessed of the Lord,” and Adolphi translates into “sisterhood.” Their beginnings are based from Mattie P. Dawson, a woman who saw a vision from God in 1975 about a Christian sisterhood on college campuses. This eventually became Elogeme Adolphi in 1987. Elogeme has a different initiation than their greek counterparts. Initiation is given the term “flight.” Williams said the term is used because each woman who joins can take one another to higher spiritual heights in God’s name. They have had four “flights” since their creation on campus in 2012, with three joining the previous initiation and seven members currently, Williams said.
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Camille Williams and Tashi Nelson both hold up the symbol representing their sorority. Elogeme Adolphi Christian Sorority, Inc is the only Christian sorority on Eastern’s campus.
Williams said joining the organization is a five-week process, involving 6 a.m. prayer every day, readings on the Bible, scripture memorization and other teachings of their faith. Both girls at one point used to party a lot and they felt they needed a lifestyle change. Nelson said she joined the organization
because she wanted to form a closer bond to God and because she was new to Eastern, she did not think she could trust the church she was currently going to. Nelson said she also wanted to make friends with a group of girls she could count on and trust. The hardest aspect for Nelson when she was joining was learning to depend on those
on her flight process. She said because God wants everyone to work together, the women had to learn how to be a team and trust one another because if one of the girls messes up, they all would feel the repercussions of it. Williams had similar reasons for joining, wanting to be a part of a sisterhood with a more disciplined faith. Williams said because was baptized a few years ago, she felt the next step in her religious journey was to join the organization. Williams said the hardest part for her flight was when she joined with her twin sister, Candace. Her “personal” – an organizational guide to lead new members on their journey – felt Williams and her sister were struggling to internalize their scriptures. By week three of five of the induction process, the sisters were asked to restart the process from the beginning. Despite this setback, both sisters were inducted on time and continue to serve as active members within the organization. Williams said she still remembers everything she had to say when greeting current members of the organization. She said they had to greet each member whenever seeing them on campus with the full title of the organization in the name of God, as well as telling them what the phrase and the scripture of the day was. “I can feel comfortable and be honest, that’s what it’s all about,” Nelson said. Roberto Hodge can be reached at 581-2812 or rlhodge@eiu.edu.
Eastern music faculty, students to play jazz combos By Stephanie White Entertainment Editor Eastern students will be playing a variety of jazz combos and music led by three faculty members who have experience performing across the U.S. The jazz studies program will be showcasing three jazz combos at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Black Box Theatre of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The concert will be available to the public and free of charge. Dan Crews, director of Patron Services in Doudna, said students will be play-
ing three different classic jazz combos and standards. “The students will also be playing new arrangements they created,” he said. Nick Tucker, Jamie Ryan and Paul Johnston, who are all faculty in the music department, will coach the combos of the jazz performance. “The music faculty will be working with the students during the performance, coaching them during each combo,” Crews said. Nick Tucker is a bassist and has been at Eastern for three years. He has performed with many jazz groups in different cities,
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Johnston has performed with many artists, including Clark Terry, Benny Golson, Nancy Wilson, Monica Mancini and Bernadette Peters. Other chamber groups and jazz ensembles from across the country have performed his compositions and arrangements. Alfred Music, a music publishing company, has published several of Johnston’s collections of his solo jazz piano arrangements. Some student musicians who will be featured during this program will be playing the music of famous musicians,
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Students to ‘bare all’ for charity cause By Roberto Hodge Multicultural Editor |@BertoHodge Viktoria Rekasius participated in the Nearly Naked Mile wearing a pink pajama onesie with leggings and a shirt alongside her best friend. Rekasius, a former Eastern student, said she enjoyed the Nearly Naked Mile and would do it again because it supports a good cause. Student Government is hosting the second annual Nearly Naked 5k run, an event in which students can take off their clothes as they jog for charity, at 9 a.m. Saturday on the Panther Trail. The race will begin at Wesley United Methodist Church located on 2206 Fourth Street. Rekasius said every fourth of a mile at the checkpoint, she had to take off an article of clothing to be donated. “Oh my gosh, I had to do this with my best friend, it was so cold,” she said. When Rekasius finally finished the run three minutes apart from her friend, she was wearing nothing but a tank top and shorts. “I just tell myself I’m going to be warm soon—it’s a mindset thing,” she said. However, for Rekasius, the cold does not bother her because she is used to doing athletic sports in winter weather; she is also going to participate in a Polar Plunge at Illinois State University. Rekasius, who participates in many charity events, said she would definitely do the event again and would like to dress up in a funny costume; she said at the end of the run she remembers seeing a boy wearing a tutu when he finished. “I tried to run as fast as I could (because) I remember my parents screaming my name at the end,” she said.
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Student Body PresidentReggie Thedford said the event used to be a mile jog, but it switched to a 5k for this year’s event. He said since the it is in February, students will be able to wear as many layers as they want and take off their clothes while running. Thedford said this is the first time he will be participating in the run, so he will wear some extra clothes to take off and donate while jogging. Donations will be going to Standing Stone, a non-profit ministry with food,
clothing and furniture items, as well as the Wesley Methodist Church. Shoes will be donated to USAgain. USAgain is a forprofit company collecting unwanted textiles and resells them in the United States and Abroad. Thedford said the interesting aspect about the run is how students can take off their clothes by running if they want, but they do not have to take off their clothes while jogging; they could instead donate before or after the jog. “It’s a fun way to get involved with a
service project—it’s unique,” Thedford said. The goal is to provide clothing items to those who are underprivileged and to help others who may not have a chance of purchasing winter gear. Those who wish to participate in the run can register online or at the event.
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Kathleen O’Rourke, the family and consumer sciences undergraduate program coordinator, said the course would be geared toward special age concentrations. The kinesiology and sports studies department also added an online option to their KSS 3860: Organization and Administration in Exercise Science. Jill Owens, the kinesiology and sports studies department chairwoman, said they will be offering the course online or in hybrid format. The department revised KSS 3700: Psychological Foundation of Coaching to focus more on coaching, which it previously had not. The political science department also revised five courses to add an online option. These included: PLS 3603: State and Local Government; PLS 3903: Women and Politics; PLS 4793: Civic and Nonprofit Leadership; PLS 4873: Human Resource Management in Public and Nonprofit Organizations; and PLS
4893: Budgeting in Government and Nonprofit Organizations. PLS 3093: Women and Politics, after being dormant for two years, will be available. Richard Wandling, the political science department chairman, said it will hopefully bring in a broader audience, especially with the new title. Since the course differs from its previous curriculum, the women studies department and the pre-law department will have to decide whether this course will still work with their curriculums. PLS 3603: State and Local Government was also changed to a 3000 level course to differentiate from community colleges that offer the same course. The political science major has also been revised, reducing the required hours by three credit hours. Wandling said this would hopefully make it more appealing for students to double major in the program and to also stay aligned with peer institutions.
The political science honors program was also revised. Wandling said they wanted to make it an easier transition for transfer students. The geography department revised its curriculum to follow some trends of other programs. Chris Laingen, an assistant geography professor, said they have noticed their students seem to be the “jacks of all trades but masters of none.” They are changing the curriculum so the three concentrations are more focused. These changes affect environment-physical geography and human geography option, as well as the geography and geography information sciences minor. Two journalism courses, including JOU 2101: Writing for News Media and JOU 3000: Advanced Reporting have been revised. Learning goals have been added to both courses. Jarad Jarmon can be reached at 581-2812 or jsjarmon@eiu.edu.
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